the lens is pictured without a tripod collar. does it ship with a tripod collar?
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All large Nikon telephotos have a tripod collar. It also serves as a handgrip for good balance.
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It does. But it is an inferior, rather flimsy collar. The lens is spectacular; no reservations about recommending it. But go to Really Right Stuff and get yourself a replacement collar; you'll be glad you did.
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Hi Bob. Mine came with the tripod collar and you're right one of the two pictures on Amazon shows the collar and the other doesn't! I can't imagine why they would do that. I've never seen a picture without it before, every site I went to, including the Nikon site, and they all show the collar on the lens. The lens is heavy and a collar is needed! I love mine, I'm happier with this lens than any other I have. If you order it and receive it without the collar, I'd complain or return it. I'm sure it was just an error on their part but who knows.Hope my comments helped, good luck to you.Larry Hi Bob. Mine came with the tripod collar and you're right one of the two pictures on Amazon shows the collar and the other doesn't! I can't imagine why they would do that. I've never seen a picture without it before, every site I went to, including the Nikon site, and they all show the collar on the lens. The lens is heavy and a collar is needed! I love mine, I'm happier with this lens than any other I have. If you order it and receive it without the collar, I'd complain or return it. I'm sure it was just an error on their part but who knows.Hope my comments helped, good luck to... » Read More Hi Bob. Mine came with the tripod collar and you're right one of the two pictures on Amazon shows the collar and the other doesn't! I can't imagine why they would do that. I've never seen a picture without it before, every site I went to, including the Nikon site, and they all show the collar on the lens. The lens is heavy and a collar is needed! I love mine, I'm happier with this lens than any other I have. If you order it and receive it without the collar, I'd complain or return it. I'm sure it was just an error on their part but who knows.Hope my comments helped, good luck to you.Larry « Show Less
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It does come with a tri-pod collar, but I've yet to use it. I purchased the lens...which is excellent...to use on an African photo safari, on which we spent a good part of each day riding around in an open Land Rover, with me shooting the 80-400mm hand-held. I also own the Nikon 200-400mm and the 600mm, and frankly have a tough time seeing the difference in photos shot with the second generation 80-400mm and the bigger lenses. For information and fun, see Ken Rockwell's "Tri-pods are for wimps")
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I received my lens about a month ago and yes it comes with a lens hood. The 18-55 mm lens does not so I purchased that separately. Also the 35mm f1.8 comes with a hood. Hope that helps.
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Not sure if the collar would fit. But even if it does, I can't imagine it would be remotely necessary given the comparatively light weight of a 75-300mm lens.
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The item comes with an all weather cover that fits over the scope w/ lens hoods. But no tripod.
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No it does not. Tripod is separate. You can see it as a recommended item to buy. You will need it.
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Hi, Yes it does. should have enough weights to match weight for minimal lens setup and a little more. Thanks O
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Lens most definitely comes with an included Sigma hood. Any vendor who says it doesn't, is looking to rip you off.
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Where the lens attaches to the tripod there is a collar that holds the lens body. There is a knob on the collar which allows you to loosen the grip of the collar in order to rotate the lens when changing between shooting a horizontal or vertical. So all you have to do is loosen the knob and rotate the lens until it is where you want.
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Thanks. I'm very familiar with Graham, watch his videos all the time. My question was about a collar that mounts the lens and extender to tripod. The one Graham describes is pricey. Thanks for your effort.
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Sorry, but that collar was returned several weeks ago. It was a decent fit for the intended lens, but did not work well with the lens and the 5D Mk III...
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Yes, the part that goes over the lens snaps off. The bottom half is attached to the tripod mount.
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It did not but I . was able to use the one that came with my tripod camera attachments. :)
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I bought this lens because of the collar, focal length, and optical sharpness. The collar allows one to easily switch from horizontal to vertical format without having to remove the camera from the tripod. You could probably have the collar removed by a competent repair shop. To each their own!!!!
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No it does not come with a lens collar. But it mounts well on the tripod with some instability due to its weight.
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No- This is a lens by itself. I do not recommend it ! You may get some good pictures if you use a tripod- if not forget about it !
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This lens does not come with a collar, so if you want to shoot with a tripod, you'll need one. Although I no longer own this lens, I did see several after-market collars made for this lens at substantially lower prices vs. Nikon's.
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Yes it does. It's not centered under the lens like you might expect, but you can mount it no problem to any standard tripod.